< Job 15 >

1 Elifaz temanita respondió:
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
2 ¿Responderá el sabio con conocimiento vano? ¿Llenará su vientre de viento del este?
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
3 ¿Argüirá con palabras inútiles o con palabras sin provecho?
Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
4 Tú anulas la reverencia y menosprecias la oración ante ʼElohim,
Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before El.
5 porque tu iniquidad enseña tu boca, y adoptas la lengua del astuto.
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
6 Tu boca te condena, y no yo. Tus labios testifican contra ti.
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
7 ¿Eres tú el primer hombre que nació? ¿Fuiste engendrado antes que las montañas?
Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
8 ¿Escuchaste el secreto de ʼElohim para que tú solo te apropies de la sabiduría?
Hast thou heard the secret of Eloah? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
9 ¿Qué sabes que nosotros no sepamos? ¿Qué entiendes que nosotros no entendamos?
What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?
10 Cabezas canas y hombres muy ancianos, de más larga edad que tu padre, hay entre nosotros.
With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
11 ¿En tan poco tienes el consuelo de ʼElohim y la palabra que se te dice con dulzura?
Are the consolations of El small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?
12 ¿Por qué tu corazón te arrastra y por qué guiñan tus ojos?
Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
13 ¿Por qué vuelves tu espíritu contra ʼElohim, y dejas salir esas palabras de tu boca?
That thou turnest thy spirit against El, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?
14 ¿Qué es el hombre para que sea considerado puro, y el nacido de mujer para que sea considerado justo?
What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15 Mira, en sus santos no confía. Ante sus ojos ni aun el cielo es puro.
Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
16 ¡Cuánto menos el hombre repugnante y corrupto que bebe la iniquidad como agua!
How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
17 Escúchame, yo te informaré. Óyeme y lo que vi te contaré
I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;
18 lo que los sabios informaron, sin ocultar lo de sus antepasados.
Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
19 Solo a ellos fue dada la tierra, y ningún extraño pasó entre ellos.
Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
20 Todos sus días sufre tormento el perverso, y contados años le están reservados al tirano.
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
21 Voces espantosas resuenan en sus oídos. El destructor vendrá sobre él en la paz.
A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
22 No cree que volverá de la oscuridad. Está destinado para la espada.
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
23 Vaga en busca del pan y dice: ¿Dónde está? Sabe que el día de la oscuridad está cerca.
He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24 La tristeza y la aflicción lo turban, como un rey listo para la batalla,
Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
25 porque extendió su mano contra ʼEL. Se portó con soberbia contra ʼEL-Shadday.
For he stretcheth out his hand against El, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
26 Indómito embistió contra Él con la espesa barrera de su escudo,
He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
27 con su cara cubierta, con los pliegues de su cintura aumentados de grasa.
Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
28 Vivirá en ciudades destruidas, en casas no habitadas, destinadas a ser ruinas.
And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
29 No enriquecerá, ni durará su hacienda, ni se extenderán sus posesiones en la tierra.
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
30 No escapará de la oscuridad. La llama consumirá sus ramas. Por el aliento de su boca perecerá.
He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
31 No confíe en la vanidad, ni se engañe a sí mismo, porque la vanidad será su recompensa.
Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
32 Se marchitará antes de su tiempo, y sus ramas no reverdecerán.
It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
33 Será vid que dejará caer sus uvas no maduras, olivo que echa de él sus flores.
He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
34 La compañía del impío es estéril, y el fuego consume las tiendas del corrupto.
For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
35 Conciben travesura, dan a luz iniquidad y su mente prepara el engaño.
They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

< Job 15 >